I am looking for input/advice. I'm a 25 year old guy from Ontario, Canada. I was in medical school up until a few months ago. My father has been ill and has not been working and I withdrew from medical school in order to come home and work full-time to help out and be with me dad. At some point in my life I intend to go to med school again but it does not look like a possibility in the immediate future. I live in Canada and we have 2 year 2nd entry (I already have a degree) b.sc.n. programs. I found out that I could do one and have it paid-for. This means that it would not be as huge a financial strain on my family and I and in 2 years time I can be making much better money to help out with everything. And, some years down the line, when I apply to med school again, I hope that my experience as an RN will be helpful.
Having worked and volunteered in hospitals and from being a med student I know how amazing RNs are. They run the show and without them patients and doctors alike would be lost. They do all the work and the doctor gets most of the recognition. I know what an RN does for the most part.
I never in my life thought of being an RN. I've pursued medicine since I was 16. But life has thrown me this curbeball and I think that nursing would be a good opportunity to be financially responsible, help out my family, and still do work that I enjoy.
But, like I said, I am also fairly certain that, when my finances allow it, I will try to return to medicine, though I don't know how far down the road that will be.
What do you all think of this? Good idea? Bad idea? Am I going to ****-off a lot of RNs doing this? Thoughts? Going from med-school to nursing, am I gonna be frustrated? Talk to me people! :-)
I was just going to post in support of your plan and now I see you made the decision go to ahead - yay! I've worked with a couple of docs who were nurses before going to med school and they are some of the best docs I've come across. Something about the combining of the medical and nursing models of care is unbeatable. Good luck in everything!
I think that would be a great idea. This would give you a chance to know what nurses have to deal with. I would certainly think that would make many nurses appreciate your background in nursing because you would have been there and know what it's like to be in their shoes.
Best of luck to you and best wishes for you father as well.
I am a second degree/career student. My advice would be to avoid talking too much about nursing being a "back-up" choice. Or that you were already started towards your MD, or intend to go on to MD school as soon as the stars align.
You and I as well as the posters here, might think this normal casual conversation, but others might not. Some you go to school with will be working on their first degree, and might seem a bit resentful as if you are attempting to let them know that you are smarter in some way, or are just slumming even though this is not at all your intention.
I know it sounds silly but this can set some people off, even your instructors. Believe it or not, I have even felt just a tiny bit of resentment myself. In my nursing classes we tend to start a semester off by introducing ourselves to our instructors and classmates. It is supposed to be a get to know you via a little home/work history. There are a few of us who have built quite a resume over the years!!! I have spent a little time revising my "bio" so that the details aren't there. While I am quite proud of my background, I think it best while in school to keep it underwraps. It'll come back out when I am done with nursing school :wink2:
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Thanks for all the responses. I decided to go into the program and will be starting in September. Any advice? :)